Early History
- March 1946, Zhangjiakou Municipal School, the prototype of Beijing 101, was founded by the People's Liberation Army in Hebei Province.
- September 1946，Zhangjiakou Municipal School, Municipal Girl's School, Huimin Middle School evacuated from Zhangjiakou. The three schools moved across Taihang Mountains, arrived at Jianping County(now called Pingshan County), Hebei Province.
- November 1946, the three schools were united and named as Jin Cha Ji Frontline United Middle School (Chinese: 晋察冀边区联合中学).
- January 1948, the United Middle School moved to the suburb of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province.
- August 1948, the Xingzhi Middle School was incorporated by the United Middle School, and the new school was named as Huabei Yucai Middle School (Chinese: 华北育才中学).
- January 1949, Huabei Yucai Middle School moved to Wanping, a small town southwest of Beijing City.
- May 1949, Huabei Yucai became a middle school affiliated to Peking Normal University.
- 1951, based on the agreement of Zhou Enlai, the school built its first permanent campus in the Old Summer Palace.
- 1955, the school was renamed as Beijing 101 Middle School according to the suggestion of Guo Moruo, a famous Chinese poet and author.
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